{"id":97375,"date":"2026-09-03T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/supersized-el-ninos-harshest-weather-still-ahead-including-extreme-heat-drought-floods-u-n-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:49:29","slug":"supersized-el-ninos-harshest-weather-still-ahead-including-extreme-heat-drought-floods-u-n-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/supersized-el-ninos-harshest-weather-still-ahead-including-extreme-heat-drought-floods-u-n-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Supersized&#8221; El Ni\u00f1o&#8217;s harshest weather still ahead, including extreme heat, drought, floods, U.N. warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>With the burgeoning <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-nino-2026-possible-return-earth-hotter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/a><\/span>\u00a0now forecast to intensify significantly in the coming months, the &#8220;supersized&#8221; climate event will likely have an outsized impact on severe weather around the world, fueling heat, drought and flooding, among other extremes, the United Nations warned Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;El Ni\u00f1o is being supersized before our eyes,&#8221; U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/09\/1168265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;The science leaves no room for doubt: the planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guterres was responding to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wmo.int\/resources\/publication-series\/el-ninola-nina-updates\/august-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated forecast outlook<\/a>\u00a0by the World Meteorological Organization released Thursday, which predicted the current El Ni\u00f1o&#8217;s strength and lifespan. The organization, an agency within the U.N. focused on global weather and climate, said in the update that El Ni\u00f1o is expected to continue deepening and eventually become &#8220;very strong&#8221; near the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>El Ni\u00f1o Southern Oscillation Cycle, or ENSO, is a climate pattern dictated by sea surface and atmospheric conditions in a section of the tropical Pacific Ocean that influences weather all over the world. El Ni\u00f1o coincides with unusually high ocean temperatures in that region. It also typically brings heat, drought and flooding to other parts of the planet, even places thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/03\/e8a03fe3-5528-4af6-9b77-bccfc26c15ad\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d5256566b16fbfa59ba849dd2ca93591\/gettyimages-2292718958.jpg#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-SWITZERLAND-WEATHER-CLIMATE-WMO-ELNINO \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/03\/e8a03fe3-5528-4af6-9b77-bccfc26c15ad\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d5256566b16fbfa59ba849dd2ca93591\/gettyimages-2292718958.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/03\/e8a03fe3-5528-4af6-9b77-bccfc26c15ad\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/2e5f94c0617004e70e8879d5d3662278\/gettyimages-2292718958.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo (left) and Chief of climate prediction section Wilfran Moufouma-Okia attend a press conference on El Ni\u00f1o in Geneva on September 3, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Fabrice COFFRINI \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those effects can be amplified, potentially disastrously, when El Ni\u00f1o itself is strong. But, this year, the phenomenon seems to be progressing under circumstances not clearly observed before, according to the United Nations. Oceans have already been exceedingly warm, even without the advent of El Ni\u00f1o, which means this side of the ENSO cycle is going to keep unfolding from a baseline point that is hotter than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Ocean temperatures ticked upward this summer in that important section of the tropical Pacific, rising from an average of 1.5 to 2.6 degrees Celsius above &#8220;normal&#8221; temperatures, forecasters said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are already seeing the disruption and devastation caused by droughts and floods, and we expect these to worsen as El Ni\u00f1o intensifies,&#8221; said Celeste Saulo, who heads the World Meteorological Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Although the impacts will be felt to varying degrees in different parts of the world, meteorologists have warned the immediate implications will likely be above-normal temperatures spread across almost the entire Earth&#8217;s surface. Rainfall patterns will also change depending on location, with some places due to experience excessive rain and flooding while others experience drought.<\/p>\n<p>The latest forecast from the meteorological organization placed the likelihood of El Ni\u00f1o persisting through early 2027 at nearly 100%, which is a level of certainty the agency hasn&#8217;t had before for any ENSO event. 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